Immersed Quotes

“Do I have a choice?" I ask. "You always have a choice." He still holds my gaze.”
― Jenetta Penner, Immersed

“My heart pounds in time with his. Not quite sure of what I'm doing, I rise up on my toes and guide his face toward mine. Not missing a beat, he grasps me tightly around my lower back. My lips brush his and electricity shoots through my middle. His warm, soft lips press into mine.”
― Jenetta Penner, Immersed

“That Aves was planned." "Planned?" I ask, my mind tumbling. "By who?" "The big guns, the politicians in charge. Had a goal to shape the world the way they saw fit. The worthy survived, unworthy died. The point is, more than one group, with unique ideas, created their viruses, unbeknownst to each other. After their release, the viruses merged and mutated, and from the looks of it, the whole problem spread like wildfire before it was nipped. But that all got buried. Everyone was moving on with surviving. A few leaders emerged with what they thought were the most plausible ideas, and cities were formed.”
― Jenetta Penner, Immersed

“So how is it that a girl who wanted to remain in the shadows somehow keeps thrusting herself into the light?”
― Jenetta Penner, Immersed

“Meyer stops dancing and makes space between us. "You aren't getting it. I believe in freedom. If you thought yours was threatened, I needed to support you. If that meant coming out here and getting some breathing room, great. If it meant I'd need to help you disappear, then I'd do that too." He inhales deeply. "I've seen too many people I care about die, and I don't intend to waste time wondering how life could have been. Avlyn, I love you. I don't want to be without you."...Meyer shakes his head in amazement as I step closer to him and rise up on my toes to whisper in his ear. "I'm pretty sure I love you, too." The smile I see on Meyer's lips as I pull back is wider than I've ever seen it, and he leans in and gives me a gentle kiss. If only time would freeze right now...”
― Jenetta Penner, Immersed